From the very dawn of the emergence of the American Union, efforts were aimed at the annexation of Cuba, whether through purchase, cession or even armed force. These efforts were grounded in such policies as the Monroe Doctrine or the “ripe apple” theory, and served as a prelude, at that early date, to the interventionism and unilateralism that characterize the United States today.
Ya desde los albores mismos del surgimiento de la Unión Americana, comenzaron a realizarse esfuerzos por anexar a Cuba mediante la compra, la cesión e incluso la fuerza armada, que se sustentaron en políticas como la Doctrina Monroe o la “tesis de la fruta madura”, preludiando ya, desde tan lejana época, lo que sería el basamento mismo del intervencionismo y unilateralismo que caracterizan a los Estados Unidos en la etapa actual.